The pain is better. Significantly better. The patient comes in, reports improvement, moves more freely than they have in weeks, and says some version of: “I think I’m good.” This is the moment where the most important conversation in rehab happens,...
You got an MRI. The report says “bulging disc” or “herniated disc,” possibly with additional language like “protrusion,” “nerve root impingement,” or “mild to moderate stenosis.” And now you are trying to...
Most people think about pain as something that just happens to them. The back goes out lifting a laundry hamper. The knee swells up after a long hike. The shoulder starts aching during a workout that seemed routine. The event gets the blame. “I threw my back out...
He had been wearing Icy Hot pads to work for so long it had become routine. He was an arborist and tree climber, physically demanding work. He had been managing chronic low back pain since a motorcycle crash at fifteen. Over the years, he had learned to adapt his job...
She came in because a coworker told her to. The coworker had been through dry needling and told her it was different from anything else she had tried. That recommendation carried weight because this patient had already tried the standard playbook, ibuprofen until it...
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